WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s No. 2 official asked major U.S. defense companies to accelerate efforts to produce and deliver key weapons systems amid new concerns about shortages and gaps exacerbated by the Iran war. Steve Feinberg, the deputy secretary of…
Pentagon Orders Defense Industry to Accelerate Weapons Production as Iran Conflict Strains US Munitions Stockpiles By: Fern Sidman The United States Department of Defense has launched an urgent effort to dramatically expand the nation’s weapons production capacity, directing leading American defense…
Deputy Defense secretary Steve Feinberg wrote in a memo to defense industry leaders, “We must dramatically accelerate our program schedules and expand our production capacity now.”
The Pentagon’s No. 2 official asked major U.S. defense companies to accelerate efforts to produce and deliver key weapons systems amid new concerns about shortages and gaps exacerbated by the Iran war. Steve Feinberg, the deputy secretary of defense, said…
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons to help replenish its diminished stockpile of munitions, including those depleted in the ongoing war with Iran.
The Pentagon is pushing defense contractors to speed up their production and delivery of weapons amid concerns about the U.S. military’s dwindling munition stockpiles, which have deepened since the start of the war with Iran.
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